Kingston residents can get involved through Your Money You Decide

The Royal Borough of Kingston has been running their version of participatory budgeting, known as Your Money You Decide for many years. A small grants programme in the south of the borough uses a market stall format to spend £30,000 of public money.

Any community or voluntary group, club, residents association or Council department can put forward a scheme or idea that they would like to seek funding for. In order to be eligible for the funding, the bid must meet the following criteria:

must be a group (not an individual) with a bank account

project must be legal and have all the necessary permissions and approvals

it must be for the benefit of the residents in the relevant ward

provide a display on the day of the vote which promotes the idea in order to encourage residents to vote

bid for as much (up to £2,000) or as little as needed to persuade residents that thebid is worth their vote